Manifest Destiny
Define "Manifest Destiny".
What is the U.S.' destiny to spread "From Sea to Shining Sea".
The Homestead Acts of 1862 were signed by this U.S. President.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This President Signed the Horrific Indian Removal Acts of 1830.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The Gold Rush kicked off this year.
What is 1848?
The name of Sacagawea's husband.
Who is Toussaint Charbonneau?
He coined the phrase "Manifest Destiny".
Who is John O'Sullivan?
About this many acres of land were given to settlers for free between 1850 and 1855.
What is 640?
This President accepted the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, granting us several western territories in exchange for granting Mexicans citizenship.
Who is James K. Polk?
Gold was discovered by this 37 Year Old man in 1848.
Who is James W. Marshall?
This was Captain Lewis' Newfoundland.
Who is Seaman?
These are the reasons the U.S. government benefited from Manifest Destiny.
What is land, which equals power, livestock, crops, more productive and fertile land for trade, and space for the growing population?
Wrote the series "Little House on the Prairie" based on her own childhood.
Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder?
He was president during the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Who is Chester A. Arthur?
This was another mineral that was significant in California.
What is quartz?
He was the only man to die on the expedition.
Who is Sergeant Charles Floyd?
The Oklahoma territory became a state on this day.
What is November 16, 1907?
This is the estimated amount of land given to settlers when the Homestead Acts were in effect.
What is 240 Million Acres?
This state is where president Polk was born.
What is Tennessee?
This method of mining involves sinking a deep shaft into the ground.
What is Coyote Mining?
This is where Lewis and Clark found the Pacific Ocean.
What is Astoria, Oregon?
This Native American Chief wrote of seeing the Great Father Chief but nothing being done for his people.
Who is Chief Joseph?
The required age for a Homesteader.
What is 21 or older?
He was Martin Van Buren's Vice President.
Who is Richard M. Johnson?
This tribe lived in what is now San Francisco.
What is the Ramayatush tribe?
This was the first man to kill a bison on the expedition.
Who is Private Joseph Field?